Caribbean Islands

As if the Jan. 12 earthquake weren’t devastating enough, Haiti now faces the rainy season, which usually begins in March. NPR photographer David Gilkey reports that after heavy rains, Haitians are further displaced by floodwaters. Infrastructure and sanitation problems will grow. Of the 600,000 people occupying Haiti’s tent cities, many are still without plastic tarps.

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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – No. 7 Purdue now faces 3-0 St. Joseph’s with a trip to the championship game…

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ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – No. 7 Purdue now faces 3-0 St. Joseph’s with a trip to the championship game…

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The hedge fund industry has incurred a backlash by lobbying aggressively against proposed European Union rules and now faces possible pay curbs that were not envisaged in the original legislation.

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